Sunday, 29 January 2012

I have a new Angel image for you to day - from Janice over at Scrapper's Delight. You know me - I am not a 'cutie' people person - but I really do love the Gothic look that Janice gets into her drawings.

The wings are a neat trick I use sometimes. Go over just the outlines with a fine tip metallic pen - this one is gold. It gives you a light feathery look that is really pretty

Saturday, 28 January 2012

Here is another in my occasional series of images from the Gecko Gals collections. I have the Chinese set - you get 50 in each set - yes 50!!!! So I will be on this gig for a while yet!

I don't often do soft and delicate - but I am really pleased with the way the colouring has turned out. I Used the Copic B9xs with a dash of the palest Rs. It is such a dream-ie image I thought the sentiment was perfect for it

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I chose this teacher image from Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps - I thought it was a bit diffrent. The card / pouch is a diper fold that I made an inner to slide in and out.The ribbon flowers are dead easy. Take a length of wid ribbon - fold in half - run a running stitch along the fold - gather it up and swirl the flower round to make a nice shape - and ust the thread to over sew at the base to keep it all in place. I glued on with silicone and put a button in the middle

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

My palace guard dog really does love his veggies. He stands under my feet when I do the dinner just waiting for the scraps to come his way. His all time favourites are the cores out of the cauliflower and broccoli - he is just nuts for them.

He carries them off tot he corner of the dining room and chops away for ages.

Saturday, 21 January 2012

This is a new line - 4" square note book, hand covered in a quality patterned paper - bound with a wire hinge tied with loads of matching ribbons - plus a mini scented ink gell pen tucked into the hinge
ALL hand made from the cut and paper wraped covers to the individualy hand cut pages - bound with a wire coil

All for just £3.50 each
loads of patterns listed - and more to follow - if you would like a special colour / theme - just ask - can be done

Friday, 20 January 2012

Hay - we free range of the shop to pick what ever we like this week - talk about a kid in a candy shop!!!

In the end I settled for this wonderful little boy star fishing

There is loads of occasions that you could use this - and you know me - always an extra one for the boys.

This time I made a picture - A4 in size. I made the digi bigger - and changed the colour to a light blue. The original idea was to scribe over the printed image, but when I was playing with spacing it fitted really well into the curve if the moon. I left the image totally plain and added a few silver stars round the fishing pole - then stamped a silver swirl at the bottom and added a couple of cut and embossed stars.

I bet You would never think of Copic Marker's site to get digis! - I have had several from them during my time on DYSU and they are just super. Really good quality and very colour-able - I guess being 'Copic' friendly they understand about colouring.

ANYWAY- my wowl-ie

- wooo says that you have to use an image as a wooole item!!! (sorry - drifting again ;-) )

The moon is part of the digi - but I cut it out and added it separately. the flowers are punched to match -

- Copic colouring - with the cute-ist owl pattern scrapbook paper that has been sitting in my off ice for at least 3 years just waiting for this imageYours

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

I have been so brave - I wall papered one wall in my bed room in my little flat. I got the wall paper for something silly like £1 a roll when Focus were selling up - but not had the nerve to have a go. It's years since I did any wall papering. I did paste the wall instead of the paper and it helped make the job a lot less fiddly and messy.

Sunday, 15 January 2012

Several people have asked me to make up my poems as cards. It's something that I have resisted because it means scanning it in and I do try to avoid modren convenience. But as I am using digital images more and more I thought I would - with the promise that nothing is ever altered in the scan from the original. Some calligraphers scan into photo shop and 'tidy up' - what's the point int hat?

So here is my first card of the Inner Peace poem

It is something that will be in the shop and I will keep topping up. They will still all be different bacause it depends on what papers I have in the office.

Saturday, 14 January 2012

Guess I am on a roll here. This was a recent commission for someone who has been very poorly (but getting better!).

This is this the rough workings so you can see all the lining up.I usually work a piece 3 times before the customer gets it. The first gives me a rough idea of the line spacing and layout - the second gives me a chance to tidy and 'hone' the spacing (that's usually the copy that goes to the customer for final approval) - and the third is the (hopefully) final piece.

I got
2 – Ribbon/Trim/Twine or Lace - the baker's twine
5 – Distressing - all the edges are distressed
7 – Ink/Mist/Paint - the pale green base is misted with blue, the red has whire paint dabbed on it, and the bear is coloured with Copic inks

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

It's a beautiful poem - and a new one to me. I was so cross with myself as I had to re-do for a spelling - will I never learn! The second copy was not as good as the other - there you go - that's what hand inked is all about. I will do it again I think - just for myself because it's so pretty.

You know - I look at all the studies that Monet did of his lily pond and I think how could he do 12 paintings of the same? Yet give me a poem to scribe - I will happily do it and re-do it over and over again. Guess his button was lilys - mine is letters

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Here's a laugh for you. I pulled the party invite range from the shop a while ago while I decided what to do with it. Now I have decided to get a scrapbook as a sample book and paste in the ranges on pretty scrapbook papers - each style on a page - you know like the big wedding stationers sample books.

Anyway - I picked up an album for £8 in Cutting Edge Crafts sale (these guys are so good, fast and reliable - and no postage)

Then I picked up loads of scrapbook papers from David over at Craft Obsessions (such a nice company to deal with)

- I dug out all the old plans and samples- -- -- and I am going to have to re-make the whole lot!

- my scribing hand has improved/changed so much in the past 3 or so years it's quite different.

This project will keep me playing for weeks ;-)

Now my poor little head is exploding with new ideas for designs - will show you when I start to get a grip on it all

Sunday, 8 January 2012

Have you seen those huge vynal stickers that you put on the walls?They has some in Home Bargains the other week when I was mooching about. I thought is would be fun for the flat bathroom to add a bit of interest.

I got the London one - I use to love spending time in London. It sits alond the short tiling over the bath and it really looks super

Saturday, 7 January 2012

I have managed to find some thiner felt that you can use in your die cutting machine. The felt has to be really tightly pressed and a quality fabric so that it does not 'fluff' out when you try to cut it - this is just perfect. I even used it in a swirly Createability one with loads of tiny stems - no problem.

You can find them HERE in the shop - 55p for a 9" x 9" square - loads of colours

Friday, 6 January 2012

This wonderful snowman set has a tree with in - you know how cracker I am over trees
The hard part is the theme -you have to use something less than 1 month old. Which is great for all of you that had crafting stuff for Christmas - the old goat got me a sofa for my flat. Perhaps I should take the picture on that and say it's new!!!!

Little Artistic licence may have to come into play here!

The only new thing I have had recently was this stamp set. It was free on a magazine - it's the reason I bought the magazine ;-)

I stamped the image - then masked it and inked the background (really must do a tutorial on that - I did remember to take photos). Then I cut the trees close and shaped them. I left the image plain so that it really stands out. The quote is from Peter Pan - the directions to get to Never Never Land

Do you see the challenge number? #53!! That means that this challenge blog is now in it's second year. Wow it really does not feel like I have been doing this for a whole year. I have learnt so much - and discovered so many new people to work with - come across loads of incredable talented digi artists - and developed a whole bunch of new techniques. I have a cutie puppy from Meljen's Designs - you know how I am soppy over anyting doggie!

I love useing this patchwork paper laying look. You rummage about in the scraps box and pull out loads of bits that go well together and just pile 'em up. The background does have a snowflake star pattern - so it does count ;-)